Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,825 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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An American Family’s Multigenerational Rise from Slavery to Harvard University
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(1827) Rev. Nathaniel Paul Hails The End Of Slavery In New York
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Leo Austin Brooks, Sr. (1932- )
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Maceo Pinkard (1897-1962)

Explore Global African History

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Mbabane, Swaziland (1887- )
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Jeanne/Jane Vialle (1906–1953)
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Lazaro Medina (1965 -2013)
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Apolinar Salcedo Caicedo (1955- )

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Working the Quincy Mill: African American Lumber Mill Workers in Northern California, 1926-1955
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Remembrance in the Cemetery: In Search of “The Accidental Slaveowner”
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Emory O. Jackson, the Birmingham World, and the Fight for Civil Rights in Alabama
Virginia Planters, Black Slaves, and Tobacco
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The Evolution of Slavery in Virginia, 1619 to 1661

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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11/26/2021 – Executive Director – Seattle, Washington